Obituaries

Don Erlenbush, 63, of Washington, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, in the VA Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington.

KALONA ? Mahlon Dean Leichty, 83, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Iowa City from complications following a stroke.Celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 3, at Kalona Mennonite Church with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber of Kalona and the Rev. Howard Keim of Hesston, Kansas, officiating. Burial will follow at Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., ...

KALONA ? Sharleen Ann Freel, 79, of Kalona, formerly of Wellman, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Celebration of life services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 3, at the First Baptist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Mark Larson officiating. Burial will follow at the Wellman Public Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2, at the church. A memorial fund has ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Joe Dean Curry, 87, of Columbus Junction, died Sunday, July 31, 2016, in Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.A memorial will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Louisa County Youth Center in Columbus Junction. Food and fellowship will follow. A general memorial has been established. Iowa Crematory in Cedar Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.Mr. Curry was born May 16, 1929, in Palmyra, ...

KALONA ? Melvin Roy Barthelman, 72, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at his home following a sudden illness.A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Full Gospel Revival Center in Kalona with the Rev. Ron Breese officiating. Burial will follow at the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Memorial ...

Lewis G. Petersma, 80, of Keosauqua, died at 4:22 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

Joshua Lee Helterbran died shortly after his birth at 11:27 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces, to parents Carrie and Joshua HelterbranA private graveside service was held Saturday with his mother and father.A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Round Prairie Baptist Church, Lockridge, with Pastor Kevin ...

KALONA ? Freda M. Kron, 95, of Kalona, formerly of Riverside, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Her body has been cremated, and a memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. David Brownfield officiating. Burial will follow at the Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service ...

GALVA, Ill. ? J. Roger Mann, 73, of Galva, Illinois, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, in the emergency room at OSF St. Luke Medical Center in Kewanee, Illinois.A celebration of his life will be at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Wethersfield School Gymnasium with Linnea Gustafson officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at Rux Funeral Home in Galva, Illinois. Cremation will be accorded, and ...

KALONA ? Wallace A. Borntrager, 82, of Kalona, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, while on vacation in Colorado at Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp.Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Neal Borntrager home at 5570 Eagle Avenue in Kalona. Burial will follow at the Brenneman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 29, at the Wallace Borntrager home, located at 1867 540th ...